Adjustable collar



J. L. BEAM.

ADJUSTABLE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8, 1919.

Patented July 27, 1920.

Iv-mm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. BEAM, 0]? AXTELL, KANSAS.

ADJUSTABLE COLLAR.

Application filed August 8, 1919. Serial No. 316,151.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN L. BEAM, a cit1 zen of the United States,residing at Axtell, in the county of Marshall and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Adjustable Collar, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in harness, and more particularlyto the collar construction thereof.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an adjustable collar,capable of being expanded and contracted to fit animals of varioussizes.

It is of course known that horse collars,

are manufactured in standard sizes, and it is obvious that these collarsdo not always fit, to the comfort of the animal wearing the same, withthe result that the animals neck becomes bruised and sore, rendering theanimal temporarily incapacitated for further work. A further object ofthe invention is to provide a collar capable of a fine adjustment,thereby insuring an exact fit to the animals neck wearing the same, thuseliminating unnecessary rubbing between the collar and neck of the user.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring now to the drawing Figure 1 illustrates a bottom plan view ofa portion of a collar having my invention attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the buckle used in connection with myinvention.

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of the buckle, and;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Having reference to the drawing in detail, the collar as shown includesthe opposed sections 1 and 2, the upper ends thereof being pivotallyconnected together by the usual and well known hook and loop connection,not shown, the lower ends thereof being split to provide the end members3 and 4.

The end 3, is formed into a tongue member 3 provided with a plurality ofopenings 4 disposed in spaced relation throughout the length of thetongue 3, the opposed end 4 of the collar section 2, has secured theretothe permanent buckle member 5, which includes a base 6 provided withopenings 7 through which pass rivets or similar secur- 1ng means 8.

Adjacent the forward end of the buckle 5, is a right angular loopsection 9 of a length equal to the length of the base 6, said loopmember having an offset section 10 formed integral and adapted toprovide a clearance for the usual connecting strap of phe hames, whichare supported by the col- Formed integral with the opposite end of thebuckle 5, and spaced from each other, are the upwardly extending lugs11, said lugs extending upwardly and terminating on a plane with the topof loop member 9.

As shown, the buckle member 5 is secured to one of the collar sections,the opposing end of the adjacent collar section, or tongue beinginserted through the loop section 9, and the proper openings 4' thereofbeing positioned over the lugs 11, for securing the lower ends of thecollar sections in their proper adjusted positions.

It will be seen that the hames, not shown, but which are positionedover, and carried by the collar, may be removed simultaneously with thecollar, thereby obviating the necessity for removing the collar andhames separately.

From the foregoing it is obvious that a collar constructed in accordancewith the present invention may be used on various sized horses, with aperfect fit, due to the fact that the sections thereof may be expandedor contracted to the proper fit, around ahorses neck.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In an adjustablecollar, opposed padded the loop and engage over the lugs for hohlas myown, I have hereto uflixed my signaing the tongue Within the loop, andthe ture in the presence of two Witnesses. upper ends of the lugsterminating at points above the plane of the lower edge of'the JOHN BEAMlopp to normally prevent displacement of Witnesses: the tongue. GEO. W.REED,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing MARJORIE Gnoss.

